Case Study At Michelin Tyres -
Structured Cabling Partner example
Phase One
Interconnect were identified by the main design consultants and the main M&E contractor, Drake and Scull, as the best partner to undertake the Structured cabling at the new Michelin HQ.
Over four thousand Brand Rex Cat5E outlets have been installed in the new complex, from fifteen wiring centres. The building had a modular flooring system and Drake and Scull provided all containment for horizontal copper cabling through to floor box presentation.
Data backbone cabling has been provided using 50/125 micron, OM2 internal/external fibre optic cable. Multiple core cables from 12 to 24 cores in size was installed using diverse routing for resilience and redundancy. OM2 50/125-micron fibre was the preferred fibre option in order to provide a cost effective but Gigabit Ethernet compliant backbone up to 550Mtr using SX technology.
Voice backbone cabling has been provided using both internal and internal/external grade CW1308 and CW1308B respectively. Cables were terminated onto RJ45 patch panels at the Cabinet end and onto Krone 237A strips at the PBX TJF/BDF.
Interconnect identified Milgo Solutions as their preferred partner to deliver the Data Comms part of the project, which consisted of a Nortel based chassis solution using Gigabit Ethernet backbone and Nortel 10/100 edge switching to desk.
Phase Two
The second phase of work was based in the production areas of the complex, where the entire voice infrastructure was to be replaced in a harsh industrial environment.
This required the installation of an entirely new backbone infrastructure to new building distribution and sub-distribution points using CW1308 and CW1308B multicore cables. A total of 1500 pairs were installed to the main building distribution points in eight building, with a further 1440 pairs being installed to sub-distribution points.
All new CW1308 3 pair cables were then run to new and existing LJU sockets. A total of 756 outlets were installed. This required the staged migration of extensions from one infrastructure to another, without losing service during normal working hours, and in some cases during normal working hours.
